Art byp grft ipsilat carotid at ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE

869 N Cherry St, Tulare, CA · Adventisthealth · · NPI 1801366711

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 22, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$874.57

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,603.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$60.00 with CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS vs $2,618.59 with BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS CCIPA MEDI-CAL - ALL PLANS $60.00 ↓ -93%
BLUE CROSS MCAL BLUE CROSS MCAL $60.00 ↓ -93%
HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL HEALTHNET MEDI-CAL $60.00 ↓ -93%
UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCAL PROFEE ONLY $60.00 ↓ -93%
MEDI-CAL MEDI-CAL $60.00 ↓ -93%
UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY-ALL OT UPN-UNITED PHYSCN NTWRK MCR ADV PROFEE ONLY-ALL OT $1,243.78 ↑ +42%
FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS FHCN PACE MCR ADV - ALL PLANS $1,243.78 ↑ +42%
UHC MCR ADV UHC MCR ADV $1,243.78 ↑ +42%
BLUE SHIELD MCARE BLUE SHIELD MCARE $1,243.78 ↑ +42%
TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS TRICARE BLUE SHIELD-ALL PLANS $1,243.78 ↑ +42%
HEALTHNET MEDICARE HEALTHNET MEDICARE $1,243.78 ↑ +42%
INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS INCENTIVE HLTH - ALL PLANS $1,368.16 ↑ +56%
AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS AH EMPLOYEE HEALTH PLAN - ALL PLANS $1,368.16 ↑ +56%
AETNA-ALL PLANS AETNA-ALL PLANS $1,457.13 ↑ +67%
HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS HS INTERPLAN-ALL PLANS $1,554.73 ↑ +78%
CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS CAL FORENSIC MED GRP - ALL PLANS $1,616.91 ↑ +85%
CIGNA-ALL PLANS CIGNA-ALL PLANS $1,723.95 ↑ +97%
HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS HEALTHNET HMO/PPO - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,812.19 ↑ +107%
UHC JLL UHC JLL $1,932.84 ↑ +121%
UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS UHC ALL PAYER - ALL OTHER PLANS $1,932.84 ↑ +121%
BLUE SHIELD EPN BLUE SHIELD EPN $1,938.16 ↑ +122%
BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE SHIELD-ALL OTHER PLANS $2,048.20 ↑ +134%
BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS BLUE CROSS NON MCS - ALL OTHER PLANS $2,618.59 ↑ +199%

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Art byp grft ipsilat carotid at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
REEDLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Reedley $874.57 $42.43 – $2,756.80
HANFORD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Selma $874.57 $60.00 – $2,756.80
SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Bakersfield $690.45 $60.00 – $2,811.87
ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Fort Bragg $3,037.98 $1,116.90 – $2,048.20
WILLITS HOSPITAL INC Willits $1,380.90 $1,116.90 – $3,029.85
LODI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC Lodi $322.21 $1,116.90 – $2,756.80
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora $782.51 $60.00 – $3,029.85
ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi $1,242.81 $65.00 – $2,811.87

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